Workbench

02/16/2009

Cultural Observation

In the movie Gone With the Wind, Ashely Wilkes -- a male character with a girl's name -- is played by Leslie Howard, a male actor with a girl's name. Do you think that might be more than coincidence? Don't you think that maybe, when they were casting the movie, the director decided, "Well, he's already used to having a girl's name, so he'll be comfortable in this role. Let's hire him." I'm thinking that was part of the conversation.